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Docudrama unui destin: Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu
The docudrama of a destiny: Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu

Author(s): Dumitru Olărescu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural al Academiei de Științe a Moldovei
Keywords: nonfiction film; historical-biographical film; docudrama; cinematographic language; televised film; Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu;

Summary/Abstract: First, a brief excursion is made in the evolution of the historical-biographical film in the Republic of Moldova by highlighting the stages and personalities from the history of this category of non-fiction films. The research focuses on the televised historical-biographical film Evocare. Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu/Evocation. Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu – a co-production of Romanian filmmakers (Romanian Television Film Studio) and the Republic of Moldova (State Company Teleradio Moldova) – dedicated to the eminent personality of the history of our culture – Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu. The authors of the film managed to evoke the multiple activity of the protagonist (writer, poet, playwright, scientist, folklorist and also the most dramatic moments of his troubled destiny. Some similarities and differences in the aesthetic conditions of the TV film and the one for the screen are revealed. The aesthetic peculiarities of the televised historical-biographical film were highlighted, the premises of its approach to docudrama – a species with a perspective of the non-fiction film.

  • Issue Year: 30/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 89-93
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian
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